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HypnoArt - Thank you! I thought we've gotten better over the years too but it could even be that maybe our story plotting/ideas got deeper, stronger... something! Yes the Gorgon did snap and rightfully so. How dare she insult his car, lmao. That's just kicking him where it hurts the most - let's be real. XD Excuse me? No breakfast in bed anymore? I call bull!

Hopefully this chapter makes up for the lack of breakfast in bed everywhere, ;D


I don't know who you think you are, but you need to keep your claws off MY Deuce - Cleo de Nile

The female wolf had to read the text a couple times, she didn't know what in the world the Egyptian princess was talking about.

I mean it Clawdeen, he's mine. - Cleo de Nile

Yet another text came through, she wolf wanted to know when the spoiled brat would give up and figure out that she didn't want Deuce. He was a great guy, but definitely not her type.

Yo Cleo, what r u talking about? I don't want Deuce, never did, never will. Not my type. U can keep him tho.

Clawdeen tried to grab her lunch tray from the cafeteria line-up but her phone kept vibrating on the surface as she carried it to a table.

You know what I'm talking about. Why would your fur be in his vehicle if you weren't there, huh? Do you think I'm stupid? I'd smack you but I don't want slut on my hands. There's not a sanatizer strong enough for that... - Cleo de Nile

The she-wolf dropped her tray on the table and sat down with the other ghouls, clearly frustrated. "Apparently I'm a slut?"

Frankie wore a confused look on her face. "How?" She had to ask.

Lagoona looked up from her salad definitely wanting to hear this story herself.

Draculaura raised a brow. "You? You don't even want to pursue anyone romantically. How could you be a slut if you have no interest?"

Clawdeen rolled her eyes. "I'm not a nun, there's just no one at my level around here." At that moment, Bram Devein, the hottest vampire at Monster High, looked Clawdeen up and down. He gave her a quick wink as he headed toward the cafeteria doors. Her cheeks blushed but she quickly recovered. "Doesn't mean I'm a slut though, thanks for that vote of confidence."

"What's going on, love?" Lagoona asked, finishing up her kale supreme salad. "Something's sure got you riled up."

Clawdeen tossed her cellular phone on the table, so the ghouls could read the nasty texts from Cleo for themselves. Clawdeen was as honest as they come. She didn't have a pass-code on her phone, she didn't need to have one. Clawdeen had nothing to hide, ever.

"Has she lost it?" Frankie questioned the sanity of Cleo.

Just then the gorgon walked into the cafeteria, his headphones on. He noticed the ghouls all crowded around Clawdeen's phone gossiping about something. He could feel their eyes on him for a second before he disappeared in the dark corner.

"What happened between them for her to think he's with you?" Lagoona asked.

Clawdeen shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know ghouls but I intend on finding out. Excuse me." Clawdeen grabbed her lunch tray and headed over to the table where Deuce had sat down, he was waiting for the other guys to join him... but instead got Claw...deen?

He respectfully took his headphones off and gave her a quick smile. "Hi."

"Hey... so, apparently I'm supposed to keep my claws off you because we're totally screwing and I'm a slut. Any idea how that came about?" She asked him directly, sliding her iCoffin over to him to read through the angry, aggressive messages.

"The paranoid princess found a hair, so she came to the conclusion we're an item." The gorgon stated handing back the wolf her phone. "I think she's also blaming our breakup on you, sorry about that." He said pulling a water bottle out of his bag.

She nodded. "That makes sense. You guys broke up, huh? Is it for real this time?" She asked him, cursing herself for doing so. "I'm sorry Deuce, you don't have to answer that if you don't want to. I swear, Spectra has you guys as a back up story."

"No worries, it'll most likely get around by end of the day but yes - we're done for good." The gorgon stated, a smile sweeping across his face when the guys walked in.

Clawdeen nodded. "Alright, well... if daddy buys her a DNA kit, you and I both know that hair wouldn't be mine, now would it?" She gave Deuce a wink and left the gorgon blushing at the cafeteria table.

"Hey you," Clawd greeted the gorgon as he sat down next to him. A double-decker roast beef and ham sandwich as his main choice. "what's up?"

The gorgon noticed how Draculaura shifted over to make room Clawd expecting him to sit down beside her, Deuce slightly hissed under his breath at this action. Why was he acting like a jealous lover? Clawd wasn't his, just because he broke his relationship off didn't mean anything.

Deuce bit his lower lip as the wolf slid beside him. "Not much, had a nice chat with your sister." He sat there debating if he should tell the wolf about how Cleo was harassing Clawdeen. At the same time, the gorgon had a feeling the she-wolf could handle herself.

A smug smirk appeared on his face when he saw the vampire pouted at the fact Clawd chose not to sit with her. Anyone could clearly see how it upset her no matter how she pretended it didn't. She kept glancing back over her shoulder.

"I think you're missing something on your sandwich there, Clawd." The gorgon teased the wolf, as he watched the other take a bite who seemed to enjoy the meaty sandwich.

Clawd looked at his sandwich as if he were taking inventory. Meat, meat, more meat and butter. Could use some salt and pepper maybe. "I think I'm pretty good, but why don't you let me in on what I'm missing, huh?" He showed the shorter a toothy grin.

Slo-Mo sat down with a burger and fries.

Heath laughed and fanned himself. "Is it just hot in here or is it because of me?" He joked, taking a seat. "Actually, I'll tell you why the heat turned up in here. Slo-Mo's got himself a love affair on his plate."

Deuce became speechless as his friends sat down. "I was gonna say turkey..." he said as he gifted his gaze back towards his water bottle.

Gill walked over with his tray too, chuckling at how the fire elemental was fanning himself. He took the empty seat beside Slo-Mo. "Why's Heath trying to send smoke signals?" The sea monster questioned the group as Heath fanning himself.

Jackson sat down next to Gillington. "Excuse me, he's not communicating - he just flattered himself."

Heath narrowed his eyes. "All y'all are assholes." He opened a bag of sweet chili corn-chips. "We were just talking about how Deuce wants to add his meat to Clawd's sandwich."

Clawd at this point was licking the sandwich residue off his fingers. "I'd be alright with extra meat in my mouth."

"Oh we know big guy, we know." Slo-Mo laughed inwardly.

Heath smirked. "Says the serial burger lover himself."

Deuce began choking on his water, trying to stop it from coming up his nose. Gill held out a napkin to the gorgon. "You alright?" He inquired as the gorgon continued to cough into the napkin and nodded his head.

Just then Draculaura skipped over, sitting herself beside Clawd. "Now that you're done that nasty sandwich, aren't you coming to sit with me?" Deuce swore the way the vampire asked, it was a whiny demand.

The gorgon didn't know how the wolf's sensitive ears could handle her voice. He wanted to cut his own off right now. He was sure Lala was a great ghoul and all just sometimes the pitch of her voice was way too much to handle.

"No, I'm not." He told her flat out, hoping that she would take the hint and buzz off today. "I'm good right where I am. Go hang out with the ghouls."

Draculaura got up from the table and side-eyed Clawd suspiciously. "Why don't you want to sit with me?"

Clawd pulled out a bag of beef jerky and she paled. "This is why. A boy's gotta eat."

She rolled her eyes and walked away from him.

Clawd sighed. "Sorry, guys."

"Hey! That's my jalapeno beef jerky." Heath chuckled and admired Clawd's stealth.

He tossed the bag back to Heath. "I didn't think you'd mind me borrowing them to keep her at bay." He shook his head. "That sounds so bad. I just... I don't know how I thought this could work?"

Deuce tried not to feel delighted that Clawd was having issues with Draculaura. Or so he assumed. It'd be great if they couldn't work it out. He cleared his throat and tried to keep his cheeks from blushing.

"I'm just surprised Clawd's giving you the jerky back full." Gil told the fire elemental. "I'm sure if it was any other flavor they would've been long gone." Slo-Mo grunted in agreement as he began digging into his burger.

Deuce watched the vampire slowly go back to her ghouls, it was obvious she was crying a little. There also sat Clawdeen with a 'I told you not to' look on her face. The gorgon couldn't help but chuckle.

"What do you mean? About wondering why it would work." Jackson asked Clawd, hoping he would explain himself further.

Clawd sighed, hoping they'd be able to move on from it, apparently not. "I mean, when you go on dates. What do you do? Movies, they sell food. Dinner and a movie. Go out to dinner, lunch or breakfast... a lot of dates revolve around eating and let's face it - I love food. This is one of the biggest reasons we never should've gotten together. I mean, at first it was intriguing but now it's just exhausting. I'll give her credit – she doesn't faint when steak hits my plate anymore. She bitches and complains... actually, I wish she'd go back to fainting." He chuckled softly to himself.

"Don't we all?" Deuce said louder then he wanted, oh well couldn't take it back now.

Gill was taken back by the gorgon's bluntness, he noticed ever since Draculaura came over to see Clawd, Deuce became - jealous? "It's understandable, it was something you wanted to try. Sadly it wasn't what you thought it was." The sea monster said watching the gorgon beginning to relax once more.

Clawd heaved a sigh. "I'm trying to think of the 'perfect time' to break up with her. Is there a school break coming up?" He felt like a jerk. "I can see her making a big deal at school. I'd rather her not y'know?" He hoped the other guys would know what he meant. Draculaura was... naturally over-dramatic. It wasn't exactly a trait that allowed them to stay on the down-low.

Heath thought about it. "In a way, that's kinda why I'm scared to get into a relationship. Real talk. I mean, if we get invested in one another and then for some reason, we'd think of breaking up... it'd feel shitty to be dumped, but it would also feel shitty to dump someone too."

Deuce looked up from his phone, "But when trust and love aren't there, breaking up's for the best. Sometimes it doesn't work out like we think." The gorgon stated before looking back down at his phone.

Gill had to agree with Deuce, "He's right, but you can't be scared or you might miss out at the same time." Slo-Mo grunted in a agreement as he licked his fingers clean.

Clawd glanced down at Deuce's phone quickly and saw Cleo lip-locked with another. He looked up and caught Deuce's gaze. Sure the gorgon mentioned it, but seeing the actual picture made it more... real? "Shit."

Heath rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Is it true that you cheated?"

Deuce was shell-shocked. Wait, what? "Is that what she's saying?" Deuce inquired sliding his phone onto the table so everyone could get a glance of the photo. "Explain to me why her lips are on another yet I'm the one who cheated?" The other hissed, now he was really regretting not making her her walk to school. She wasn't even here and she was causing drama.

Heath shook his head and sighed. "I figured she had it twisted. She always twists shit."

Jackson raised his pierced eyebrow. "Had it twisted? Heath, she is twisted. You don't just cheat on someone that you supposedly love and want to spend the rest of your life with. That alone is fucked up. It would be like Gil cheating on Lagoona, or vice verse."

Gillington wasn't so quick to nod. Cleo gave off the vibe of being rather… phony. Lagoona had always been real. She always would be. "Well-"

"No those two are different." Heath interrupted. "They will spend the rest of their lives together. I'd put money down on it."

"There's a big difference, there's love and respect in that relationship." Deuce stated look at Gill with a smile, who was blushing at the moment. "It doesn't matter anymore, we're over for good. She can be someone else's problem." The gorgon said tucking his phone back into his pocket.

Clawd was almost envious that Deuce was single and he wasn't. Well, no one else would be able to take care of the issue but him. "Good, because you deserve to be treated way better. She took you for granted."

"And used him." Jackson pointed out. "He picked her up every day before and after school, drove her and extra – did she ever offer gas money? Or just go ahead and fill up your car? I would. Not saying that you should date me," he chuckled. "maybe someone considerate like me."

"Oh Jackson I love the offer, but I think Holt might have an issue with our relationship." The gorgon teased.

Slo-Mo couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of how Jackson's other half would react.

"I'm a cheap date but I'll show you a good time, I promise." Jackson smoothly winked and giggled to himself, crunching on a slice of green pepper.

The warning bell rang and most of the students were cleaning up their messes. "Well, here's to new beginnings." Heath decided. "See y'all around!"

Clawd looked at Deuce sheepishly when they were among the last to leave. "Walk me to my locker?"

Deuce smiled, he was hoping the B-M-O-C would ask him for his company. "It would be my pleasure."